Karnataka minister announced no landlord should take rent during lockdown

R. Ashok, a revenue minister from Karnataka, said that landlords could not charge rent from tenants during the lockout. He said that action will be taken against the landlords if they force the tenants to vacate the property due to non-payment of rent.

"In this epidemic situation, action should be taken against the house owners in which owner can be imprisoned for up to one year or more under the National Disaster Management Authority," as he said.

However, if the order was not only for tenants belonging to economically weaker sections or people of the society, it did not make it clear.

Although the relationship between a tenant and an owner falls under the Karnataka Rent Control Act, 2001, the government may issue an amendment or an ordinance under the Act to chart instructions regarding collection of rent and eviction.

According to tax experts, Fiat can be challenged in court. Ashish K Singh, partner at law firm Capstone Legal, said, "In my opinion, the exercise of powers under the National Disaster Management Act for rent-related disputes would be challenged before the High Court or the Supreme Court." "It is clear that the NDMA's mandate does not cover the relationship between landlord and tenant."

The state government has taken cues from Singapore passing the COVID-19 Act 2020, which allows a tenant unable to pay rent and other dues under commercial leases from rental payment obligations for six months Seeks temporary relief.

According to property brokers, many prospective house buyers have postponed their plans to buy the property, which has boosted demand for rented houses in Bangalore.

Potential house buyers are expected to moderate prices and home loan rates.

More than 60% of sub-registrars in Karnataka fail to meet revenue targets

Bengaluru: Out of 240 sub-registrar offices in Karnataka, over 60% have failed to reach the fixed revenue target for the initial seven months of the current financial year, causing a permanent decline in the real estate division in the state.

Reacting to this, the government has written a letter to 146 sub-registrar offices in the last week of November, recording a reduction of 17% for the period between April 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.

Someshwar Reddy, Quick Past Chairman (Karnataka), Builders Association of India (BAI), said, "A compound of circumstances, tax rates ranging from demonetization to rectification, economic downturn and lack of price rise in the market, everything on sale. There has been impact, which is speculation on registration in the state. "

Out of 146 offices, 33 are in Bengaluru urban district, four in Bengaluru rural and 13 in Mysuru. And, in these offices which do not meet the 100% revenue target, some like Shiva ji nagar have less than 1%, while others like Doddaballapur have a deficit of 35%.

Nevertheless, in its letter to the sub-registrars, the Stamps and Registration Department has advanced requests about the valuation of the property. "It has been directed that sub-registrars, as in practice, assure that they accumulate funds, because they have been incurred due to valuation and due to incorrect order of documents."

Demonstrating how the wrong ordering of documents could harm the government treasury, an official said, "For example, if the document of commercial property is classified as residential, the change in services paid Will happen."

Both Realtors and officials acknowledged that the real estate regulatory authority could have an impact. He said, "Now, before construction starts, they panic to enroll a property for sale when construction is nearing completion,” one of them replied.

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